Crocus vernus blossoms under night sky in alpine valley at 1700m altitude. There are Mars, Saturn, the constellation of Ophiuchus and Aquila in this frame.
Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine. May 7, 2016.
Nikon D600, 17mm @ f/2.8, 4x15s, ISO 4000
foreground make after refocus by speedlight Nikon SB-800 with umbrella reflector @ f/8
Saturn on May 13th
Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 1:52 pm
by Efrain Morales
Saturn on May 13th, 05:47ut.
Re: Submissions: 2016 May
Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 3:00 pm
by Petr H.
Orion the Hunter over the temperament island
Copyright: Petr Horálek
Wild storm over equatorial Halmahera island of Indonesia was producing beautiful flashes and the starry sky above was completely clear. This is the view when Orion the hunter was slowly "diving" in the storm. Notice how dark is the sky above the storm. Halmahera is definitely great place for night sky photography and it's such a great place full of peaceful and generous people.
Hola a todos:
El video de esta mancha se produjo en el verano del 2012, el numero fue el 1520
los medios son
telescopio: PST
cámara: DMK31AU03.AS
y la lente de barlow que tiene el ocular de 13 mm. del HYPERION
son 400 frames por toma
procesado con registax 3
saludos jose
Re: Submissions: 2016 May
Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 7:40 pm
by Sandgirl
Mother's Day Aurora Corona Copyrights: Matthew Skinner
Mother's Day Auroras in Alaska Imagery Copyrights: Aurora Dora
Hi Mercury! Copyrights: Stephanie Yeziyi
Mercury transit 2016 - Post-ingress Copyrights: Anthony Ayiomamitis
Aurora Above Calgary May 7 2016 Copyrights: Larry McNish
Mercury in Transit Copyrights: James Smallwood
Mercury Transit Copyrights: Howard Brown-Greaves
Star trails above Texas Star Party Copyrights: Richard S. Wright Jr.
Mercury transiting Sun Copyrights: Carlos Malagon
Mercury Transit Copyrights: Brian Maffitt
Mercury an ISS transit Sun On May 9,2016 Copyrights: Max Yang
Aurora Copyrights: Radka Chapin
Mercury transit at sunset Copyrights: Tunç Tezel
Mercury Transit Copyrights: Fernando Mejido
Transit of Mercury Across Sun Copyrights: Nikunj Rawal
Texas Star Party 2016 - Milky Way Copyrights: Gene Hunter
Spotting the Mercury in front of the Sun Copyrights: Petr Horálek
Protecting Mercury during its fiery transit Copyrights: Peter Van den Eijnde
Mercury & Venus transit Copyrights: Danilo Pivato
Mercury transit on 2016-05-09 Copyrights: Ruslan Zavadzich
Mercury and ISS transit Copyrights: Patrick Crants
Sun, Mercury, Spot and witch Copyrights: Dani Caxete
Mercury Transit with small Plane Copyrights: Merrill Devlin
Mercury Transit & Bird of Prey Transit Copyrights: John Chumack
Starry night above clouds Copyrights: Matt Williams
NGC 5907 Copyrights: Steven Bellavia
Mercury Transit and rare green flash Copyrights: Li Gaofeng
Mercury Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar
ISS and Mercury transit Copyrights: Eric Toops
Re: Submissions: 2016 May
Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 9:41 pm
by shaunnesy
A trip to the Lake District, Cumbria. Last night of Astronomical Darkness to capture thiis 28 pane mosaic looking across Wast Water towards Scarfell Pike just right of center. Some bright lights can be seen half way up which was some Treckers coming down at 1.30 AM! Also,an Aurora
For larger file. https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaun_rey ... ed-public/
Mars on May 13th, 03:48ut, 05:05ut under above average conditions. Regions are from left: Margaritifer Sinus, Sinus Meridani, Cntr. Arabia, right: Syrtis Major, Bot.:Noachis, Hellas, Top: North Polar Cap.
M51 whirlpool galaxy (Remote control from China - Teamviewer)
This photo of the M51 have been done during my trip to China, during almost one month I could get enough photons to capture this amazing couple of galaxies.
Since I have my own observatory with a remote control I have more time and chances to make astrophotografy from my home located at 200 km, but this time I have tried to do it from China by Teamviewer, this is it been a new challenge for me. when I went to bed, leaving the computer on without physical presence and this is the final result. Hope you liked it.
This photo wouldn't be possible to make it without the help of my good friend Miguel Borrella that some nights he enter to my computer to check if everything goes well, he also lives at 500 Km from my observatory, but during my trip, he was more near than me in case there was something strange happened like the unexpected closing the roof, but it seems the job is well done and the Talon6 is running perfectly.
Àger-Lleida-Spain: Remote control from China
Telescope: GSO RC14" Truss.
Mount: ASA DDM85 XL (unguided)
Camera: Moravian G2-8300 (5.4 um) resolució equip: 0.54"/px
Focal reducer: AS CCDT67 0.67x
Dates: 7-9-15-25-26 April i 3-May 2016
Exposures:L: 36x600 bin1 R:40x300 bin2 G:44x300 bin 2 B:31x300 bin2 & H-alpha:31x900 bin2
Software: Pixinsight
Cropped: 60%
SQM: 20.8
2007 OR10, Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System Image Credits: Konkoly Observatory/András Pál, Hungarian Astronomical Association/Iván Éder, NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6509
Petr H. wrote:From Gegenschein to False dawn
Copyright: Petr Horálek
This is more than half-night panorama (almost 270 degrees) of the zodiacal light from the Gegenschein to morning column called "false dawn", captured over the ESO's La Silla Observatory. The zodiacal light is enhanced by several mathematical methods a it shows that it's definitely not a boring or even annoying object in the sky. It has many particular structures, which are just waiting to be revealed soon or later as the evolution of digital photography is so fast every day. Much more info, including the technical ones, you can read on my website: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=2351
... and here just for better noticing the structures, the image in upside-down orientation with the east down.
That's really cool that you've uncovered a secret structure there, Petr. No doubt many subtleties could be revealed if only we could turn off the Milky Way for a moment.
